CHARLESTON — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org.
May 25, 1903: Industrialist and philanthropist Bernard Patrick McDonough Jr. was born in Texas. Starting with a Parkersburg construction business in the 1930s, McDonough built a Fortune 500 company with operations in hand tools, building materials and barge building. The Bernard McDonough Foundation remains one of the largest
It’s the end of a school year; perhaps it is the opening weekend for swimming pools; it’s a three-day break — an excuse to travel, grill out, invite a few friends over and relax.
It is Memorial Day weekend.
And on Monday, in the midst of all that summer celebration, we must remember “to observe Memorial Day by praying, according to [our] individual religious faith, for permanent peace,” as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reminds us.
It’s not much to ask from those of us who will be able
CHARLESTON — The Elkins High School boys 4×800-meter relay team captured the Class AA state title during the first day of the state meet Friday at University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field.
The team of juniors Josh Bodkins and Bobby Valentine, senior Gavin Brown and sophomore Trevor George turned in a time of 8:12.26 to hold off runner-up Williamstown’s effort of 8:15.50.
Later in the evening, George turned in third-place effort in the 3,200 (9:34.67) and junior Ben Tenney was sixth
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says making cents doesn’t make sense anymore.
The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday. This move comes as the cost of making pennies has increased markedly, by upward of 20% in 2024, according to the Treasury.
By stopping the penny’s production, the Treasury expects an immediate annual savings of $56 million in reduced material
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Reader writes in with garden hints
Dear Heloise: Here is what I do with coffee grounds in my 10-by-20-foot allotment garden. I use grounds from home and also pick them up from my local coffee shop. I dig them into my soil and put them around the base of my roses. I also put them in my worm bin; the worms love them, and it discourages mice from sneaking in.
One year, when I had a gopher invasion, I first killed the gopher with a trap, then dug out tunnels to where they crossed my fence line. I
Kenneth Harold “Ken” Elbon, 80, a resident of East Dailey, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in the West Virginia Caring Hospice Center at Elkins.
The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Friday, May 23, 2025, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins.
A funeral service will be held at noon Saturday, May 24, 2025, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastor John Darnell officiating.
Interment will follow at Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs. The administration said it would challenge the ruling.
U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from carrying out plans announced in March that sought to work toward Trump’s goal to shut down the department. It marks a
ELKINS — During Tuesday’s regular meeting at the Central Office, the Randolph County Board of Education received an update on its status with the state after reporting to the West Virginia Department of Education that it was unable to balance its budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
“Based on the last meeting and reaching the point where we did not feel we could balance the budget, I reached out to Uriah Cummings with the Department of Education,” Brad Smith, Randolph County Schools’ treasurer
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SPECIAL BREAKFAST: The International Order of Odd Fellows are sponsoring a breakfast Saturday at their lodge at Fifth & Thomas Street in Davis. The menu will include sausage patties, pancakes with maple syrup, scrambled eggs, sausage gravy and biscuits. Coffee or
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jim Irsay started his football career as a ball boy. He finished it as a team owner.
Along the way, the NFL’s music man created his own, unique brand.
Irsay worked his way up through the organization, learning how to run a football team, restoring the Colts’ once-proud tradition to glory and created what some have dubbed the greatest guitar collection on Earth — all while battling health issues and addictions to alcohol and painkillers.
On Wednesday, Irsay’s remarkable
